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News Summary: Bookshop.org Sales Surge 55% to $70 Million; E-books Now 5% of Total Sales
We start the week with some good news that segues interestingly out of the news that many indie authors have found alarming at the end of last week. The indie corner of the internet has been filled with little other than discussion (much heated) of Draft2Digital's decision to introduce fees for new and low-activity accounts in the face (it claims) of a vast increase in artificially generated content.
News Summary: Scam Emails Impersonating Editors and Authors on the Rise; Writers Urged to Stay Vigilant
Today's story is something I've covered before. But it's so important for all indie writers, I want to report on it again. And I am delighted to see a piece in the Bookseller this week to act as a touchpoint for such a post.
News Podcast: Amazon Retires Early Kindles; Publishing Scam Emails on the Rise
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on Amazon's decision to withdraw online support from Kindle devices released in 2012 and earlier, and what that means for readers who still use them—including a silver lining for indie authors distributing DRM-free books. He also sounds the alarm on a surge in sophisticated scam emails targeting authors, and reminds us of the enduring wisdom of Yog's Law: money flows to the author, not from the author.



